A husband was thrilled when his wife won $100 on a scratch-off lottery ticket — then he won a life-changing prize in a Powerball drawing in Virginia. Charles Guzek narrowly missed the jackpot, but he still hit a $1 million prize. “There was a lot of screaming and yelling,” he told lottery officials.

A Virginia man didn’t believe his luck when he learned he won big playing Powerball, lottery officials said. “That can’t be right. It’s got to be a scam,” Robert Peak told Virginia Lottery officials he said after seeing a message saying that he had won $200,000.

Anyone who has ever played Powerball or the lottery has used their "lucky" numbers at some point. Maybe it's your birthday. Or your kids' birthdays. Or your all-time favorite athlete's number. (John Starks' No. 3 for me. Look him up, kids. The Beastie Boys even mentioned him in a song. Ugh, look them up too while you're at it.)

A lottery player has a huge reason to celebrate after hitting the jackpot in North Carolina. The player bought a Cash 5 game ticket that matched all the numbers picked in the Jan. 7 drawing, making it worth $200,